The third Final Fantasy XIII title won't be released until February of next year, but that won't stop Square Enix from teasing a bit of what we can expect. Today the publisher released the opening cinematic for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and the best I can say is if you've enjoyed the other two Final Fantasy XIII games then this is right in line. That is to say, it's all sorts of crazy and very Japanese.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII begins with not only the reintroduction of Lightning herself, but also her brother-in-law Snow. At first it might seem like there's an odd amount of sexual tension, but then you've got to remember this is a JRPG and there's usually sexual tension between every character. Anyways, it's the end of the world, apparently, and Lightning is capturing people's souls to "save" them. Snow just happens to be at the top of her list.

Those more familiar with the storyline of Final Fantasy XIII and its sequel may know more about the impending end of the world, or why Snow has lived for so long, or who the chaos girl who breaks Lightning's sword is, or why Hope is back and acting as Lightning's operations manager through an earpiece. Who am I kidding, no one in their right mind should be able to make sense of all this ridiculousness.

*goes back to watching the sexy as all hell Drakengard 3 trailer for the 16th time*

*continues praying for localization confirmation*

Things are actually looking somewhat bright for localization considering that the petition for it is doing well and that the producer himself, Yoko Taro, supported the petition and is happy that those outside of japan want it localized.

Things are actually looking somewhat bright for localization considering that the petition for it is doing well and that the producer himself, Yoko Taro, supported the petition and is happy that those outside of japan want it localized.

Things are actually looking somewhat bright for localization considering that the petition for it is doing well and that the producer himself, Yoko Taro, supported the petition and is happy that those outside of japan want it localized.

The happy ending of XIII was retconned by God(dess), because the Goddess intervened to save Lightning and the others from their crystallization. But doing so caused everything to go out of balance, so in XIII-2, time got messed up and screwy, so Lightning was chosen by the Goddess to be a guardian in Valhalla where time doesn't exist so that she could observe time and help guide Serah to fix it. But Serah didn't fix it, and long story short, the villain of XIII-2, Caius, caused a time crash which more or less destroyed the world. Lightning became crystallized on the Goddess's throne to avoid the whole mess with time exploding on itself until the dust settled and she could fix the world. Now everybody exists in Valhalla, in a sort of timeless realm where, theoretically, nobody can age (but Snow can grow his hair, and Hope can De-Age himself, apparently). In 13 days, the weird in-between-ness of the world will end, and a new dimension...world will be born, and it's Lightning's job to be all Grim Reaper-y and guide the souls trapped in Valhalla to the new world so that everyone can live Happily Ever After (tm). At least, that's how I understand the Story So Far.

...Which makes no sense, but any game that dabbles with time travel never makes any sense, so whatever Square Enix, but I'll still be buying this game probably the day it comes out.*takes glasses off and smashes them on the ground*

The next gen FF looks way better. And i am actually getting tired of square enix using time travel loops to extend dead storys. KH:3D almost completely turned me off of the series, but KH:3 looks too good to pass on. Cant say the same for this one though.

I like how every new FF is LESS rpg like and more action-y. Also with every new game, we the players, do less and less in the game to the point where the AI does everything. Also *bleep* QTE and what ever shit face thinks everyone wants this spammed in a game.

Ya know what *bleep* Enix and their pathetic attempts to revive/save the shit 13 sub series.

.......*bleep* HOPE!

-------------------If God had wanted you to live, Then He would not have created me!